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morocco
noun
- a fine, soft leather made, originally in Morocco, from goatskins tanned with sumac
- any similar leather, as one made from sharkskin
Also morocco leather
kingdom on the NW coast of Africa, bordering on the Atlantic & the Mediterranean; a Muslim kingdom since the 11th cent., from 1912 to 1956 it was divided into a French protectorate (French Morocco), a Spanish protectorate (Spanish Morocco), & the international zone of Tangier (established in 1923): 274,461 sq mi (710,850 sq km); pop. 25,897,000; cap. Rabat
Related Forms:
- Moroccan adjective, noun
See morocco in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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